In VB, the complete construction is

Try
 <protected statements>
Catch (optional exception variable as exception type)
 <error handler>
Finally
 <cleanup statements that will always run>
End Try.

C# uses

try {
 <protected statements>
}catch (optional exception variable as exception type) {
 <error handler>
}finally {
 <cleanup statements that will always run>
}

Mike.

Hey Dawn I think you're reading c# code not vb.net

So your code might look like

-------------------------------------------------------------
try
{
// try something
}
catch exception ex
{
// do some catch stuff
}
-------------------------------------------------------------

However the nature of c# allows for the braces to be placed on other lines
thus...
-------------------------------------------------------------
try {
// try something
}
catch exception ex {
// do some catch stuff
}
-------------------------------------------------------------

Note that the opening braces are not parrallel with the closing ones.

In this case (c#), the end brace '}' is equivilent to 'End Try'

I hope this helps

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Rory